The New York Rangers made a surprise pick-up on Saturday, claiming defenseman Vincent Iorio off waivers.
Iorio was waived by the Sharks, and the Rangers decided to take a chance on the 2021 second-round pick.
Will Iorio immediately slot into the Rangers’ lineup? That remains unclear, but after trading Carson Soucy to the New York Islanders, Iorio should get an opportunity to earn a spot with the Blueshirts.
Mike Sullivan hinted about what sort of role Iorio could play and what he expects from the team’s latest acquisition.
“I don't know a lot about him. I know a little bit about him. I know he's going to bring good size,” Sullivan said of Iorio. “He's a young kid I think he could potentially help us with our puck-moving ability back there. I think he defends pretty well with his size.
“I know our hockey operations department obviously thinks highly of him, and that's why they claimed him. I look forward to seeing him in person and getting to know him and working with him. We'll see where it goes.”
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Freddie Dilione V had 25 points and Kayden Mingo scored with one second left as Penn State snapped an eight-game losing streak by extending Minnesota's skid to seven with a 77-75 victory on Sunday.
Mingo buried a 3-pointer and Dilione had the final two baskets in a 9-0 spurt to give Penn State a 69-58 lead with 6:31 left.
Cade Tyson made four free throws, Langston Reynolds sank a pair, and Grayson Grove tipped in a miss as the Golden Gophers used an 8-0 run to cut it to 71-70 with 2:31 remaining. Dilione and Reynolds traded baskets before Mingo turned a steal into a layup for a three-point lead with 49 seconds to go.
Jaylen Crocker-Johnson had a layup and Reynolds made the first of two free throws with 31 seconds left to tie it 75-all. Mingo ran the clock down to eight seconds before beginning his game-winning drive to the basket.
Dilione made 11 of 17 shots with a 3-pointer in the first winning effort in Big Ten Conference play this season for the Nittany Lions (10-12, 1-10).
Josh Reed sank four 3-pointers — all in the first half — and scored 18 for Penn State. Mingo scored 14 on 6-for-17 shooting, while Dominick Stewart pitched in with 12 points.
Langston Reynolds had 18 points and seven assists to lead the Golden Gophers (10-12, 3-8). Cade Tyson added 17 points, Bobby Durkin hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 and Isaac Asuma added 12 points.
Reed had 16 points and Dilione scored 13 to guide the Nittany Lions to a 41-31 lead at halftime.
CLEVELAND, OHIO - OCTOBER 26: Forward Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks drives to the basket around center Evan Mobley #4 of the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first quarter at Rocket Arena on October 26, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The second apron restricts teams from aggregating salaries in a trade. That means the Cavs can’t send out multiple players in a deal unless they’re able to get under the second apron in the process. This made it nearly impossible for the Cavs to enter the trade talks for someone like Giannis Antetokounmpo until now.
The Hunter trade makes that a possibility.
Whether or not the Cavs would want to trade for someone like Antetokounmpo is unknown. What we do know is that the Cavs are very active in trade discussions and could be willing to make a “home run swing.”
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Whether or not the Cavs or the Bucks would have any interest in that type of deal is unknown.
If I were Milwaukee, I’d prefer the above Cavs options over any of the other underwhelming trade packages that have been theorized, even if Jimmy Haslam wouldn’t want to help one of the two functional Cleveland professional sports teams. I mean, what are you realistically supposed to do with deals centered around Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby or RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram if you’re the Bucks?
This theoretically also brings other bigger-named players into the trade discussions, but it’s harder to justify a move for a $40 million per year guy if it isn’t someone worth giving up Garland for.
As an example, the Cavs could trade Garland and Strus to the Utah Jazz for Lauri Markkanen, but that would leave a crater-sized hole at point guard, which you’d have to fill in a subsequent trade. The same is true if you wanted to target Domantas Sabonis. A $40 million per-year player doesn’t feasibly work with just Allen and rotation filler, even if Ball is out of the picture.
Similarly, the move also doesn’t make it easier to trade for LeBron James this season. The Cavs would need to give up Garland in a deal like that, given the trade restrictions around moving Schroder or Ellis before the deadline.
That said, the Hunter trade does give the Cavs more room to make deals this offseason. Additionally, certain players that aren’t available to them now with Allen will be more attainable once Allen’s deal switches over to the approximately $30 million value it will be next season.
The Hunter for Ellis and Schroder swap makes sense on its own, but it could also be the opening salvo in what could be a busy trade season. We’ll see if the Cavs make any more major moves before the Feb. 5 deadline.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - SEPTEMBER 21: Geraldo Perdomo #2 of the Arizona Diamondbacks bats during the fourth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Chase Field on September 21, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks defeated the Phillies 9-2. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) | Getty Images
During the 2023 offseason, I put together a little metric I called Pesky+ with the intention of trying to encapsulate and enumerate Geraldo Perdomo’s ability to be a pest in the batter’s box. Back then, Geraldo Perdomo was firmly entrenched as a back of the lineup savant who seemed to always be a tough out even though he never really seemed to be a threat to do much damage himself. His ability to turn the lineup over to Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte seemed to be the spark plug that allowed the Diamondbacks offensive engine to ignite and run at peak efficiency.
For those of you who have been around since 2023, you may remember that in that Pesky+ metric Geraldo Perdomo was the single most pesky player in the entire sport (I’d link the article but it appears to have disappeared somehow). Then when I ran the numbers again in 2024, his peskiness was only surpassed by Steven Kwan. Domo’s ability to only swing at strikes, rarely miss when he did swing, and see a ton of pitches made him truly elite at being a pest in the batter’s box.
Over the last couple years, Domo endeared himself to Diamondbacks fans for this ability to get the job done even though the impact rarely showed up in the box score. We loved him, but he was barely a league average hitter (95 and 100 OPS+ in 2023 and 2024, respectively). We commonly referred to him as the league’s best No. 9 hitter, but we may have secretly wondered if that was all he would ever be: a pesky hitter relegated to the back of the lineup but never a top of the lineup run producer. That all changed in 2025.
Geraldo Perdomo had an incredible breakout in 2025, going from a 2ish WAR player with a career OPS+ of 84 to a 7 WAR MVP candidate with an OPS+ of 136. I doubt anyone, even his most ardent supporters here on the ‘Pit, ever expected that kind of production. Much of this jump in production could be accredited to his jump in power. His slugging percentage jumped up nearly 90 points from 2024 and his ISO was up more than 70 points. In his entire career coming in to 2025, he had hit only 14 home runs; in 2025 he hit 20. For many players, getting a power surge of this magnitude would likely mean that they had to sacrifice swing control. Instead of focusing on getting the bat on the ball, one would focus more on getting a powerful swing off. Very rarely can players do both. Well, friends, I’m here to tell you that Domo somehow pulled that rare feat off.
I ran the Pesky numbers for 2025, and I honestly expected a drop-off in Perdomo’s numbers. I mean, he would probably be in the top-10 or -20, but I didn’t think he would be leading the league. There had to be some consequence of swinging for more power, right? Wrong. In 2025, Geraldo Perdomo led all qualified hitters in peskiness:
Name
O-Swing%
Whiff%
Pitches/PA
Pesky+
Perdomo, Geraldo
19.2
12
4.18
179
Kwan, Steven
22.7
8.7
4.02
172
Torres, Gleyber
17.1
19.5
4.22
155
Meidroth, Chase
22.4
13
4.07
154
Stott, Bryson
23.3
16.7
4.40
148
Friedl, TJ
18.1
17.5
3.86
145
Soto, Juan
15.9
22.4
4.15
145
India, Jonathan
18.6
19.9
4.16
145
Lee, Jung Hoo
22.5
13.1
3.81
143
Garcia, Maikel
20.8
15
3.78
142
A quick refresher on how I calculate peskiness: I take the total percentage of pitches that a hitter swings outside the zone at and the total pitches that a hitter whiffs on then scale that based on how many pitches a hitter is able to see per time in the box. The idea is that pitchers ideally want hitters to swing at pitches that are outside the strike zone and, when they do swing, the more often a hitter misses, the less of a threat they are. The more often a hitter avoids doing those things, and the longer he drags out an at bat, the more of a pain he is to deal with for a pitcher. As you can see in the chart of the top-10 Pesky hitters in MLB for 2025, Geraldo is elite in each of those metrics resulting in him regaining the Pesky throne.
When I saw that Domo was incredibly able to maintain the quality of his at bats, I had to dig a little deeper and see how he was able to add significantly more power. Looking at Baseball Savant data, one number that stood out was the difference between Perdomo’s swing speed on HRs compared with his swing speed on all other swings. Swing speed data is relatively new, with only a couple seasons worth of data available to the public. Here is Geraldo Perdomo’s swing speed data each of the last few seasons:
Year
Handedness
Avg. Swing Speed – All
Avg. Swing Speed – HR only
2023
L
65.6
68.5
2023
R
66.0
N/A
2024
L
66.7
68.5
2024
R
67.4
N/A
2025
L
68.0
72.0
2025
R
68.9
73.9
Looking at this table, we can tell a few things we can tell about Perdomo’s swing. First, while he has consistently swung faster from the right side of the plate, the splits are remarkably consistent. Domo averages about 0.6 MPH difference between his swing speed from the left and right batter’s box. Compare that to Ketel Marte, who had a split of 7 MPH between swing speed on the left and right side of the plate! Secondly, and probably more important to this discussion, Perdomo dramatically increased his swing speed on home run swings. Each of the first 2 seasons, we see that the split in swing speed from home run to non-home run was right around 2-2.5 MPH. This season, those splits grew to 4-5 MPH. How rare is that? The league average swing speed split between homers and non-homers in 2025 was 2.8, basically right where Perdomo has been for the last 2 seasons. In 2025, his overall split of 4.3 MPH was 12th-highest out of over 140 qualified hitters in MLB.
Perdomo’s top-end swing speed hasn’t changed much over the past couple seasons (only 2 swings faster than 80 MPH in each of the last 2 years), but he has shown more ability to harness his power and turn it into positive results on the field. Of Perdomo’s top-10% highest speed swings of 2024, he only registered a hit in 14%. In 2025, that number grew to 22%. As he’s grown older and more into his physical prime, it appears he’s been able to focus more on dialing in his coordination instead of trying to dramatically boost his swing speed. Domo resisted the allure of the long ball and instead refined and built on his already elite foundational skillset and I think this was the biggest reason for Perdomo’s growth from local fan favorite to All-MLB caliber talent.
Geraldo Perdomo’s strong ability to be a pest in the batter’s box used to be his best offensive skill. Now, he’s grown into a more powerful version of himself which has made him one of the best hitters in all of baseball. I used to put a cap on what I thought was possible for Perdomo, but after 2025, I’ve been proven foolish and I’m excited to see how he wows us all in 2026.
SACRAMENTO, CA - JANUARY 16: Justin Champagnie #9 of the Washington Wizards goes up for the dunk during the game against the Sacramento Kings on January 16, 2026 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
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Boston’s return for slugger Rafael Devers keeps shrinking.
Right-handed flamethrower Jordan Hicks, whom the Red Sox acquired last season in the blockbuster trade involving Devers, is headed to the White Sox alongside fellow righty David Sandlin, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported.
Cotillo adds that Chicago will send Boston $8 million in each of the next two seasons to partially cover Hicks’ remaining $24 million salary.
The trade allows Boston to shed some salary after a bevy of offseason acquisitions, including signing star lefty Ranger Suarez and Willson Contreras, while the White Sox flex their newfound financial flexibility after trading centerfielder Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets.
Hicks, 29, emerged as a hard-throwing bullpen weapon after debuting with the Cardinals in 2018.
Routinely hitting triple digits on the radar gun, Hicks signed a four-year, $44 million deal with the Giants entering the 2024 season – shifting from the bullpen to the starting rotation.
Boston traded star slugger Rafael Devers to the Giants. Jason Szenes / New York Post
He struggled to replicate his relief success, posting a 4.10 ERA over 29 appearances in 2024 before enduring a career-worst campaign last year.
In 13 games with San Francisco, he posted a 6.47 ERA before being shipped to Beantown in the shocking Devers swap that came after months of drama over his playing third base reached a boiling point.
The Red Sox also acquired left-hander Kyle Harrison, outfield/first base prospect James Tibbs and pitching prospect Jose Bello.
Boston shifted Hicks back to the bullpen in hopes of recapturing his previous success, but he managed an even worse 8.20 ERA in 21 outings.
In addition to Hicks, the Red Sox shipped out Sandlin, a 24-year-old hurler ranked by MLB.com as the eighth-best prospect in the organization.
Sandlin posted a 4.50 ERA between Double-A and Triple-A in Boston’s minor league system.
The Red Sox acquired Ziehl, 22, a former fourth-round pick of the Yankees in the 2024 MLB Draft.
He finished 2025 with the White Sox’s High-A affiliate Winston-Salem Dash, posting a 4.01 ERA in six starts after he was dealt for Slater, a veteran right-handed hitter whom the Yankees have considering re-signing this offseason.
Ziehl is ranked as the 14th best prospect in Chicago’s system.
LONDON (AP) — Caitlin Foord scored on a breakaway in extra time and Arsenal won the inaugural Women's Champions Cup with a 3-2 victory over Brazil's Corinthians on Sunday.
Corinthians leveled the match at 2-2 in second-half stoppage time when Victoria converted a penalty in the pouring rain at Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal, which qualified for the tournament as winners of the UEFA Champions League, earned a spot in the final with a 6-0 defeat of Morocco's ASFAR in Wednesday's semifinals.
Smith, who also scored in the semifinal, opened scoring in the 15th minute when Corinthians goalkeeper Leticia punched a shot from Stina Blackstenius into Smith's path.
Six minutes later, Corinthians evened the score with Gabriela Zanotti's goal that crossed the line before Arsenal goalkeeper Anneke Borbe could get to it. The 40-year-old Zanotti also scored in Corinthians' 1-0 semifinal victory over Gotham FC.
Lotte Wubben-Moy scored the go-ahead goal in the 58th with a header off a cross by Emily Fox as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looked on.
It appeared that Arsenal had the trophy in hand, but video review awarded a penalty to Corinthians after Katie McCabe's foul in the box in stoppage time, sending the vocal group of Corinthians fans at the match into a frenzy.
Foord put Arsenal back in front with the winning goal in the 104th minute. Arsenal's Borbe was involved in a collision in front of her goal in the waning moments of the match and had to be stretchered off with an injury.
Gotham won the third-place match 4-0 over ASFAR earlier in the day. Khyah Harper, who started after coming in as a substitute in the semifinal, opened scoring with a goal in the 27th minute.
Gotham doubled the lead with a goal from Savannah McCaskill and Jaedyn Shaw converted a penalty to make it 3-0 before halftime. Midge Purce added the final goal in the 48th.
Gotham qualified by winning the first CONCACAF Champions Cup with a 1-0 victory over Mexico’s Tigres last May. Corinthians won the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores Femenina to earn a spot and ASFAR won the CAF Champions League.
Two continental champions were eliminated in earlier rounds: Auckland United from Oceania and Wuhan Chegu Jiangda representing Asia.
The six-team women’s Champions Cup was created as an intercontinental championship for women’s club teams. It builds on a growing number of regional club competitions, led by the success of the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
FIFA also is introducing a 16-team Women’s Club World Cup, which will launch in 2028 and be played every four years. The new Champions Cup will be held every year, except years when the Club World Cup takes place.
CHARLOTTE, NC - JANUARY 31: Dylan Harper #2 of the San Antonio Spurs drives to the basket during the game against the Charlotte Hornets on January 31, 2026 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Darren Carroll/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
There’s a moment in every parent’s life when, from a place of experience, you advise your child not to do something, and they proceed to disregard you.
It is, so far as I can tell, a universal experience, bypassing borders and languages, regions and classes, prejudices and ethnicities, and religions and political affiliations. In certain ways, youth is simply incorrigible.
And the thing is, most of the time, it’s not even outright defiance.
One of my most treasured photos of my daughter is on the lockscreen of my phone. She’s in the middle of scaling one of the low fences at the edge of a Hat Creek playground, and just to the right of her is a metal sign bearing the words: PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB ON THE FENCE.
She was two years old, unable to read the sign, and unable to see any danger in the empty parking lot beyond the fence. It’s not that the rules and danger didn’t exist; they simply were not apparent to her at the time.
She had no conception of how the parking lot would fill, or how cars might incautiously cruise through the empty lot on the way to another destination. Her perception of reality was not so much wrong as it was limited by her childish understanding of cause and effect, the exterior world, and the flow of time.
Empty parking lots stayed empty. The inattentive would surely be attentive to her. Fences were barriers to access rather than barriers of protection.
Though adults are frequently guilty of it, no one is more self-assured of their import to the world than a toddler who has spent their life at the center of adoration.
You can find another form of this self-assurance in that of a young team exceeding expectations and timelines, positioned to be darlings in the media narrative, already so in the eyes of their fans, and that can lead to a certain kind of complacency.
It’s a different sort of complacency from that of a perpetual lottery team (or the perpetually middling) in that it comes from a place of competency, of skill, of the sentiment that talent outweighs effort. Or, at the very least, that it allows for effort to wax and wane without consequence.
Ever since San Antonio’s repeated defeats of the Oklahoma City Thunder, we’ve seen that very specific brand of complacency creeping in, and it reared its head in the 1st half against the Hornets in the same way that it did a week ago against the Pelicans, and earlier in January against the depleted Grizzlies and banged-up Trailblazers.
For all the complaints about their third-quarter woes, the Spurs also allow the 4th most points scored in the NBA in the 1st quarter, and the 8th most in the 2nd quarter. They limp out of January with an 8-7 record and the 19th-ranked offense for the month.
They’re not taking the opposition seriously unless the opposition sits high in the standings.
And to their credit, they’ve performed well against those teams, knowing that there’s no margin for error against the likes of the Knicks, and the Lakers, and the Celtics, and the Timberwolves.
There have been some seriously impressive wins during this stretch. Maybe too impressive for a group of youngsters who believe all too strongly that they can simply flip the switch against lesser opponents — who see no real danger until it’s almost already too late (and often is).
The thing is, though, they’re not toddlers anymore. They’re more like teenagers who can feel the edge of adulthood on the horizon and have convinced themselves that they’re ready for all of the adult decisions and the inherent challenges of independence.
And there’s a kind of beauty in that. The Spurs have beaten teams better than them because they don’t know what they don’t know. They’ve walked out wild and fearless into the world of contention, and they haven’t been really and truly crushed yet.
Cormac McCarthy once wrote that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out, or else they’d have no heart to start at all.
I’m beginning to suspect that it’s going to take their first real jaunt into the postseason for these young Spurs to grasp the reality of what it takes to win — the vigilance required of champions. The focus. The wariness. The paranoia. The notion of no nights off.
For now, we’re just going to have to endure the incredible highs and lows of youth. The stumbling that often feels momentous. The lessons that somehow fail to translate to everything else and somehow fail to stick.
The Spurs can read the signs now. They remain skeptical of the empty parking lot.
I’m not sure that Mitch Johnson will be able to knock that out of them. I’m not sure Pop would have been able to either.
I’m sure he had to endure nights where even the great Tim Duncan miscalculated against the opposition. I’m sure it happened more than we care to remember, lost in the irrepressible mythos of Duncan’s focus and reliability.
It’s something these Spurs are going to have to figure out on their own. It’s probably going to take more than a few hard lessons and unexpected losses. As a fan, I have faith that they’re going to get there. It’s the same kind of hope you hold as a parent. There’s really no other choice.
In the meantime, however, I wouldn’t let these youngsters borrow your car.
Buy them a clunker. They’re not done crashing yet.
Takeaways
Though Harrison Barnes continues to slowly climb his way out of one of the worst three-point slumps I can recall since the days of Danny ‘Icy Hot’ Green, Mitch Johnson made the decision to move him to the bench squad and give Julian Champagnie the starting role. Though Champagnie has been getting time in the starting unit this season, this marks the first time that’s happened with both Barnes and Vassell healthy, and it’s a much-deserved sign of the progress that Champagnie has made over the years. Specifically, he’s been red hot over the last 10 games, averaging a career-high 13 points per game, while leading the team in Effective Field Goal Percentage, True Shooting Percentage, and Player Impact Estimate in that span to boot. Barnes responded by going 3-5 from three, and without ego, and if that keeps up, I’d wager the change will be permanent outside of specific match-ups and/or trade scenarios.
I’m not sure how to say this, but Wemby’s defense has been pretty subpar over the last 10 games, and his defensive rating ranks 8th on the team over that stretch for players getting non-garbage-time minutes (all hail defensive rating leader Jordan McLaughlin!). Consequently, the Spurs have ranked 12th in defensive rating during that span, which is a real problem when you’re also 19th in offensive rating for the month. The Spurs are going to have to improve defensively or offensively if they want to hold onto a top 4 spot in the West. I’d prefer that it to be both, but like John Lennon, I’m a dreamer who writes cloying (and somewhat contradictory) lyrics. ♫ Imagine there’s no flopping. It’s easy if you try…♫
Look, I love Stephon Castle. He’s got grit. He’s got desire. He’s got that ineffable thing that never lets him quit. Watching him defensively punk the Houston Rockets in the 4th quarter this week, I felt closer to him than some of my own family members. But until he finds his shot consistently and is able to slide over to shooting guard, we’re just not going to see the best of De’Aaron Fox and San Antonio’s offense. While Fox is a better shooter, it’s clear that he is most comfortable (and useful) with the ball in his hands to create the driving threat that gives him space for his jumper. Fox has yet to match the stretch he had when Castle (and Wemby) were out, and the offense really needs that version of him back. Unfortunately, Castle is 9th in True Shooting on the team over the last 10 games (and 13th for the season), so that dream may have to wait another year.
Also, this is a super fun little stat, but you’ll never guess who’s been leading the Spurs in defensive rating over the last 10 games. If you guessed Luke Kornet, you were close, but it’s actually rookie Dylan Harper! And while a lot of his defense is coming against opposing team’s benches, it’s yet another feather in the cap of what’s sure to be the scary other half of San Antonio’s lottery guard tandem. In the words of Timbuk 3, the future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Joshua Jefferson scored 19 points to lead five players in double figures as No. 8 Iowa beat Kansas State 95-61 on Sunday.
The Cyclones (20-2, 7-2 Big 12 Conference) got 18 points from Milan Momcilovic, 16 from Tamin Lipsey, 13 from Killyan Toure and 11 from Nate Heise en route to their fourth consecutive win.
They handed the Wildcats (10-12, 1-8 Big 12) their worst loss under coach Jerome Tang, who was hired ahead of the 2023 season.
Iowa State used two big runs in the first half to build a 29-point lead at the break. The second was a suffocating 25-4 run that covered nearly five minutes.
The Cyclones held the Wildcats to a season-low 21 points in the first half. The Wildcats shot just 31% from the field and matched their largest halftime deficit of the season. It swelled to 39 points in the second half.
P.J. Haggerty led Kansas State with 23 points and nine rebounds. Since transferring from Memphis, Haggerty has scored in double digits in all 22 of Kansas State’s games this season.
David Castillo added 11 points, including a 4-of-10 performance beyond the arc, for the Wildcats.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Snudda Collins scored 28 points off the bench, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and No. 21 Texas Tech knocked off No. 12 TCU 62-60 on Sunday.
Collins matched her career high by scoring 28 points for the second time in three games. Her 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining gave the Lady Raiders a 58-55 lead and she made one of two free throws for a four-point lead with four seconds left. The free throw proved important when Olivia Miles nailed a 3 to get TCU within a point with less than two seconds remaining. Collins again made one of two from the line for the final margin.
Miles and Marta Suarez scored 15 points each and Donovyn Hunter, whose 3-pointer had tied it at 55 in the final minute, added 11 points for TCU (20-3, 8-2). Suarez had 12 rebounds.
The Horned Frogs had the opportunity to take sole possession of first place after Baylor lost to West Virginia but Baylor and TCU remain tied. Texas Tech (21-3, 8-3) and West Virginia are tied for third place.
Reserve Sidney Love scored 10 points for Texas Tech. The starters scored only 22 points.
Texas Tech led only briefly a few times in the first three quarters and TCU led 40-36 heading to the fourth. Collins scored 15 points in the fourth, and it was her three-point play that gave the Lady Raiders a 54-52 lead at the three-minute mark.
A three-point play by Clara Silva gave TCU an 11-5 lead midway through the first quarter but the Horned Frogs managed only 13 points the remainder of the half, Still, TCU led 24-22 at halftime.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Sebastian Rancik had 17 points, Isaiah Johnson scored 16 and Colorado cruised to an 87-61 victory over TCU on Sunday, snapping a six-game losing streak.
Rancik came off the bench to sink 6 of 8 shots — 3 of 4 from 3-point range — for the Buffaloes (13-9, 3-6 Big 12 Conference). He added six rebounds and three assists. Johnson made 5 of 11 shots with three 3-pointers, adding five assists.
Reserve Bangot Dak scored 14 on 7-for-8 shooting for Colorado. Josiah Sanders totaled 12 points and six assists, while Barrington Hargress scored 10.
Xavier Edmonds had 13 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Horned Frogs (13-9, 3-6). All four of his double-doubles this season have come in the past four games.
Colorado made 8 of its first 11 shots and got baskets from seven different players in the first eight minutes but managed only a 20-17 lead because TCU came out shooting at a 50% clip — 6 for 12.
Colorado had the lead over the final 12:15 of the half but didn't push its advantage past two possessions until Sanders' three-point play made it 30-21 with 4:27 remaining. Sanders and Rancik both had eight points by halftime as the Buffaloes extended their lead to 38-25. TCU got no closer than 10 after the break.
Colorado made 35 of 63 shots (56%) to TCU's 33% effort (21 for 63). The Buffs hit 48% from beyond the arc — 11 for 23. The Frogs made 5 of 23 from distance (21.7%).
Colorado finished with 24 assists. TCU had eight assists and made only 15 of 51 shots in the final 32 minutes.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - MARCH 14: Immanuel Quickley #5 of the Toronto Raptors drives into Kyle Filipowski #22 of the Utah Jazz during the first half of a game at Delta Center on March 14, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Utah Jazz will take on the Toronto Raptors to kick off a five-game road trip. Utah is 1-9 in their last ten and on a fast track to the top of the lottery standings.
Toronto is going in the other direction. They’re 29-21 for the season and are sitting at 4th in the Eastern Conference standings. They’re only two games back of both the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics with the Eastern Conference up for grabs. It’ll be interesting to see what Toronto does this trade deadline to see if they make a move to improve their chances in the playoffs. Utah, on the other hand, is very likely to move off of multiple veterans to give more time to their young players and find a way to get the best possible spot come lottery night. Utah is already sitting at 6th in the lottery standings, and there’s no reason to believe they can’t get to where they were last season, at the very top.
Injury Report
The Utah Jazz released their updated injury report, and it looks like the turned ankle that Keyonte George suffered at the end of their game against the Nets is keeping him out.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The long, strange trip the San Antonio Spurs faced to get home from the East Coast led to another time change for their game Sunday against the Orlando Magic.
The Spurs will now host the Magic at 8 p.m. CST, five hours after the original tipoff.
The Spurs left Charlotte at 9:20 a.m. Sunday, but the flight was diverted to Atlanta because of what a team official said was a minor mechanical issue. The flight landed at 11:01 a.m. in Atlanta, where the Spurs remained for more than two hours before switching planes for their flight home. They arrived in San Antonio at 3:25 p.m.
Victor Wembanyama (left calf soreness) and (Stephon Castle (left adductor tightness) were both questionable for the game.
The Magic have been in San Antonio since Saturday morning.
San Antonio (32-16) entered the day sitting in third place in the Western Conference behind Oklahoma City (38-11) and Denver (33-16).
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kierra Wheeler had 18 points and 15 rebounds, Jordan Harrison also scored 18 points, and No. 22 West Virginia defeated No. 14 Baylor 70-60 on Sunday.
The loss potentially knocked Baylor (19-4, 8-2 Big 12) out of first place in the Big 12 but the Lady Bears got good news later in the day when No. 21 Texas Tech defeated No. 12 TCU 62-60. Baylor and TCU remain tied for first place.
West Virginia extended a six-point halftime lead to 14 points late in the third quarter when Sydney Shaw hit a 3-pointer for a 47-33 lead. The Mountaineers allowed only three field goals in the third, one of them a buzzer-beating layup by Darianna Littlepage-Buggs that made it 47-37 heading to the fourth quarter.
A jumper by Wheeler had the Mountaineers up 53-39 with 7 1/2 minutes remaining, but Littlepage-Buggs drained a 3-pointer and a series of free throws by Taliah Scott and Bella Fontleroy had the Lady Bears within 53-48 a couple of minutes later.
Near the four-minute mark, Shaw nailed her second 3 of the quarter, Gia Cooke followed with a layup a minute later and West Virginia was up 60-49. The Mountaineers led by at least 10 points the rest of the game.
At one point late in the fourth quarter Baylor was 1-for-11 shooting but 9 for 11 at the free-throw line.
For the game, Baylor shot 30% from the field but made 27 of 32 free throws. Both Scott and Fontleroy made 9 of 10 free throws.
Cooke scored 14 points and Shaw added 10 for West Virginia (18-5, 8-3 Big 12).
Scott scored 18, Fontleroy 14 and Littlepage-Buggs 12 for Baylor.
Fifteen of West Virginia’s first 23 points followed Baylor turnovers.
Rangers Claim Vincent Iorio Off Waivers From SharksThe New York <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-rangers">Rangers</a> claimed defenseman Vincent Iorio off waivers on Sunday.
